Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
1996-03-28
J.Math.Phys. 38 (1997) 716-737
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
22 pages, latex, 4 figures (not included) A comment for integral flux is added with two more citations. Corrections of trivial
Scientific paper
10.1063/1.531888
The scattering problem under the influence of the Aharonov-Bohm (AB) potential is reconsidered. By solving the Lippmann-Schwinger (LS) equation we obtain the wave function of the scattering state in this system. In spite of working with a plane wave as an incident wave we obtain the same wave function as was given by Aharonov and Bohm. Another method to solve the scattering problem is given by making use of a modified version of Gordon's idea which was invented to consider the scattering by the Coulomb potential. These two methods give the same result, which guarantees the validity of taking an incident plane wave as usual to make an analysis of this scattering problem. The scattering problem by a solenoid of finite radius is also discussed, and we find that the vector potential of the solenoid affects the charged particles even when the magnitude of the flux is an odd integer as well as noninteger. It is shown that the unitarity of the $S$ matrix holds provided that a plane wave is taken to be an incident one.
Omote Minoru
Sakoda Seiji
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